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EDITORIALS

  • Sep- 2021 -
    2 September

    STATE OF THE NATION

    It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Not the opening of A Tale of Two Cities but chapters in the book of life and hope…

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  • 2 September

    CLIMATE CONFERENCE

    The climate report that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered in August was sombre but didn’t contain

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  • 2 September

    NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

    An iconic photograph from recent times exhibits the joy on then President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s face when he embraced his brother

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  • Jul- 2021 -
    29 July

    THE BIG PICTURE

    An uproar of sorts followed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s statement in early July that 13 million vaccinations (including

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  • 29 July

    STATE OF THE NATION

    A duality has characterised the nation of late... whereby despite the desirability of ‘One Law, One Country,’ there are exceptions to

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  • 29 July

    STATE OF THE WORLD

    It’s been some 17 months since the WHO declared a pandemic due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which it named ‘COVID-19

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  • 27 July

    POSTWAR RECONCILIATION

    The release of 16 long-term LTTE detainees from their prolonged imprisonment has been an exceptional event. The

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  • 1 July

    THE BIG PICTURE

    Reports and widespread allegations of vaccine anomalies have held sway in the mainstream media and more so in the social media

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  • 1 July

    STATE OF THE NATION

    An image of clear and present danger faced by shipping to our island is a container ship in rough seas while a menacing shape lurks underneath

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  • 1 July

    ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

    On 7 May, during the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli forces fired tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets to clear

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